An appeals court overturned the conviction of a former Miami cop who was found guilty of battering a Black woman in 2019 after she called police for help when her white neighbor pointed a shotgun at her.
Alejandro Giraldo, who once worked as a field training officer for the Miami Police Department, was convicted of felony battery and official misconduct in the March 5, 2019, arrest of 31-year-old Dyma Loving.
Loving called 911 that day after a white neighbor pointed a shotgun at her and her friend, Adrianna Greene.
That neighbor, Frank Tumm, started calling them “hookers” and racial slurs as they walked by his home on the sidewalk. When the women yelled back and called him a “f****t,” he picked up his firearm and pointed it at them, according to police body camera video.
Cellphone video and bodycam footage show multiple officers responding to the call. One officer interviewed Tumm, who said he never had a gun. He was let go that day and not arrested until a week later, on March 12, when he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to reports.